Leviticus 21:14:12Lev.21.14.W12TAB
אִשָּֽׁה׃
ishah
“wife”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ih-SHAAH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
yih-KAKH i-SHAH
- clause
KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word אִשָּֽׁה׃ (ishah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W12.S1) and character.